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Sunday January 01, 2012 · 12:17 AM PST

2012/01/01 · 00:17

Right now as we speak Juarez is a war zone. The violence is so widespread that you have to wonder how long Mexico can continue to exist in this way. The people causing the trouble are drug cartels who sell us drugs, and buy guns from us and get them smuggled back south, then use those weapons to kill civilans, police, and soldiers.

We are their marketplace. The drug war is over us. And in this moment, though people are somewhat aware of the problem, this issue is completely and utterly dwarfed by our concern over our economy.

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